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More articles by 'Andrei Lankov'
News media keeps missing the point on North Korea
Pursuit of catchy headlines, trendy stories ignores real long-term developments in the North – and elsewhere
North Korea’s unfinished women’s liberation
Pro-emancipation rhetoric, need for female labor, clashes with engrained patriarchal ideas
No one knows North Korea’s GDP
Pyongyang remains secretive about even minor data, leaving rest of world to guess
Kaesong serves as North Korea’s window into the world
Region surrounding inter-Korean complex features standards of living rest of the country can only imagine
No joke: North Koreans don’t fully understand the ridicule
Language barriers, propaganda and harsh realities keep barbs from 'The Interview' and 'Team America' from sinking in
When North Korean women become brides in China
Many women see arrangement, while potentially abusive, as relatively stable
The real reason North Korea refugees – not defectors – struggle
Those who escape the North are from the less educated, less skilled, less politically engaged class
Lee Myung-bak’s memoir: Did we need to know?
‘Inappropriate’ stories about North-South negotiations, China tell readers a lot
After the Shin Dong-hyuk affair: Separating fact, fiction
Human rights activists must encourage accurate, honest stories from escapees, not harmful exaggerations
Remembering when money talked, five years on
Fifth anniversary of currency debacle serves as reminder of market's power
